lawnerdcanada t1_iyki2ak wrote
Reply to comment by DownwindLegday in TIL that the southern United States converted all 11,500+ miles of its railroads from broad gauge (5 ft/1.524 m) to nearly-standard gauge (4 ft 9 in/1.448 m) in just 36 hours, starting on May 31, 1886 by 1859
Given, for instance, the Russian military's depenence on rail for logistics, threre is, for some countries, real advantage in not sharing a rail gauge with a neighbour.
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